John 12:29
Modern Translations
New International Version
The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

New Living Translation
When the crowd heard the voice, some thought it was thunder, while others declared an angel had spoken to him.

English Standard Version
The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

Berean Study Bible
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

New American Standard Bible
So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him!”

NASB 1995
So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."

NASB 1977
The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

Amplified Bible
The crowd of people who stood nearby and heard the voice said that it had thundered; others said, “An angel has spoken to Him!”

Christian Standard Bible
The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

Contemporary English Version
When the crowd heard the voice, some of them thought it was thunder. Others thought an angel had spoken to Jesus.

Good News Translation
The crowd standing there heard the voice, and some of them said it was thunder, while others said, "An angel spoke to him!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The crowd standing there heard the voice and said that it had thundered. Others in the crowd said that an angel had talked to him.

International Standard Version
The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him."

NET Bible
The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

New King James Version
Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

King James 2000 Bible
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him.

New Heart English Bible
The crowd therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

World English Bible
The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

American King James Version
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him.

American Standard Version
The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

A Faithful Version
Then the people standing there, who heard it, said, "It thundered." Others said, "An angel spoke to Him."

Darby Bible Translation
The crowd therefore, which stood [there] and heard [it], said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.

English Revised Version
The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

Webster's Bible Translation
The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered. Others said, An angel spoke to him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then saide the people that stoode by, and heard, that it was a thunder: other said, An Angel spake to him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The people therfore that stoode by and hearde it, sayde that it thundred: Other sayde, an Angel spake to hym.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then sayde the people that stode by and herde: It thondereth. Other sayde: An angell spake vnto him.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Then sayd the people yt stode by and hearde: it thoundreth. Other sayde an angell spake to him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there has been thunder; others said, “A messenger has spoken to Him.”

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore the crowd having stood, and having heard, was saying, "There has been thunder." Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."

Young's Literal Translation
the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, 'A messenger hath spoken to him.'

Smith's Literal Translation
Then the crowd, having stood and heard, said it was thunder: others said, A messenger has spoken to him.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Therefore the crowd having stood and having heard said, There has been thunder. Others said, An angel has spoken to Him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The multitude therefore that stood and heard, said that it thundered. Others said: An angel spoke to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, the crowd, which was standing near and had heard it, said that it was like thunder. Others were saying, “An Angel was speaking with him.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the crowd that was standing there heard, and they were saying, “It was thunder”, and others were saying “An Angel spoke with him.”

Lamsa Bible
And the people who stood by heard it, and said, It was thunder; others said, An angel spoke to him.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Then the multitude that stood by and heard it, said: It thundered. Others said: An angel spoke to him.

Godbey New Testament
Then the multitudes standing, hearing, said, That it was thunder; others said, An angel has spoken to Him.

Haweis New Testament
The multitude that stood by, and heard it, said that it was thunder: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

Mace New Testament
the people therefore present who heard the noise, said it was thunder: others said, an angel spake to him.

Weymouth New Testament
The crowd that stood by and heard it, said that there had been thunder. Others said, "An angel spoke to him."

Worrell New Testament
The multitude, therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered; others said, "An angel has spoken to Him."

Worsley New Testament
The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said, That it was thunder: but others said, it was an angel spake to Him.
















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